After an invitation from one of the Race Directors Garry Scott and encouragement from friends Andy Cole and Ian Beattie I have entered the Trail Outlaws Wooler Marathon on Sunday 20th November. Katrina has entered the Half Marathon.

So I have planned a couple of weeks of harder running and a one week taper before the race. I’ve never done a trail marathon so I’m looking forward to it.

So this week I’ve got back into some harder training with some faster runs.

Monday – Club Fartlek Session

This week we had a good group of runners out for our weekly session. I was chasing Ryan for the evening and felt pretty strong for most of the session which was 10 x 3mins with 90secs recovery.

I must admit I was hanging on a bit on the last three but happy with my effort!

Wednesday – Tempo Run

I ran my normal loop from home. I wasn’t quite sure whether I would really go for it so decided to run as I felt. The first few miles were a bit slower but I got faster as the run went on.

1st mile – 8:09

2nd mile – 7:59

3rd mile – 7:41

4th mile – 7:24

5th mile – 7:08

6th mile – 7:15

So happy enough with that!

Thursday – Hill session at Brodie Park

The race is on trails with plenty of hills so I thought it would be good to do my Brodie Hill session. Each loop has two ascents and two descents in the 1.08 mile.

I did 4 loops alternating an easier effort then pushing harder.

1st easy loop – 9:36

1st faster loop – 8:01

2nd easy loop – 9:36

2nd faster loop – 7:47

This weekend we are heading to Perth to visit our friends Richie & Helen and their three children. The plan is to do the Perth parkrun on Saturday and then go for a run with Richie on Sunday.